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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="basic-unattended">
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| 4 | <title>Unattended Guest Installation</title>
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| 5 |
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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> can install a guest OS automatically. You only need to
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| 8 | provide the installation medium and a few other parameters, such as the name of the default user. </p>
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| 9 | <p>You can perform an unattended guest installation in the following ways: </p>
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| 10 | <ul>
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| 11 | <li>
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| 12 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Use the Create Virtual Machine
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| 13 | wizard.</b> An optional step in the wizard enables you
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| 14 | to configure unattended installation. You can specify the
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| 15 | default user credentials for the guest OS and also whether to
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| 16 | install the Guest Additions automatically. See
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| 17 | <xref href="create-vm-wizard.dita#create-vm-wizard"/>.
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| 18 | </p>
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| 19 | <p>During this step, <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> scans the installation medium and
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| 20 | changes certain parameters to ensure a seamless installation as a guest running on <ph
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| 21 | conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>. </p>
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| 22 | </li>
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| 23 | <li>
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| 24 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Use the <userinput>VBoxManage</userinput>
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| 25 | commands.</b><xref href="unattended-guest-install-example.dita#unattended-guest-install-example"/> describes
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| 26 | how to perform an unattended guest installation for an Oracle
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| 27 | Linux guest.
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| 28 | </p>
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| 29 | </li>
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| 30 | </ul>
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| 31 | <p>When you first start a VM that has been configured for unattended installation, the guest OS installation is
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| 32 | performed automatically. </p>
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| 33 | <p>The installation operation changes the boot device order to boot the virtual hard disk first and then the virtual
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| 34 | DVD drive. If the virtual hard disk is empty prior to the automatic installation, the VM boots from the virtual
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| 35 | DVD drive and begins the installation. </p>
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| 36 | <p>If the virtual hard disk contains a bootable OS, the installation operation exits. In this case, change the boot
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| 37 | device order manually by pressing F12 during the BIOS splash screen. </p>
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| 38 | </body>
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| 39 | </topic>
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